Just wondering if anyone has tried this before?
I have a valid WHV until September 2026. I don’t actually plan on working on my WHV but I plan on “moving” to Japan early December 2025.
When I arrive in Japan in a few weeks time I plan on entering on a standard tourist visa and then transitioning to my WHV in later January 2026 after a weekend in Korea.
I feel like the upsides of this plan are too go to be true (as it postpones my start date of my visa therefore extending it on the other end along with giving me tax benefits during my first couple months or so).
Basically my main question is, is this possible? Has anyone got experience with doing something similar? And why don’t more people do this?
I do have multiple passports but I plan on keeping everything on one passport to come across as less dodgy I guess.
by trinny33